Why Is Slavery Important In American History?

We all know that the North American continent was first colonized by Europeans in the 1600s. There was so much work to be done to get it ready for people to live there. These early settlers needed men and women to work the land. White bond servants, who were paying their passage across the ocean from Europe through indentured labor, helped a little bit but it didn’t solve the problem. It wasn’t till early in the seventeenth century, when a Dutch ship loaded with African slaves introduced a “solution”, and a new problem, to the this “New World” that they found. At this time, slaves were most economical choice on large farms where labor-intensive cash crops, such as tobacco, could be grown. This resulted in a huge boom in the need for slaves here in the American continent and so began a new time in early American history. Being a slave was not easy! It was hard, intense, and ugly work, but their owners it was a business and someone had to do it. Throughout the history of slaves in America many different events took place from slaves revolting/resisting in small or huge ways, to slaves trying to run away and even trying to burn down all of New York City several times. This is what made me thing about slaves during
This presidential proclamation was composed to change the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people in the designated areas of the south, moving them from slavery to freedom. This caused many slaves to run away because once the slave escaped the control of the Confederate government, they legally became free. Eventually this reached and liberated all the slaves in the south, with numbers from 3 – 4 million at the time. Along with the freedom of these slaves, it stated that suitable people (slaves that were freed) could be enrolled into the paid service of the Union